Pastor’s Perspective on Ministry

This session will help you answer questions you might have about why Dr. Wiles does some of the things he does as the Pastor of FBCA. Below are some of the points he discusses. Use this as a guide to follow along.

Pastoral Responsibilities –

What are the responsibilities of the Pastor?

Do these responsibilities vary from church to church?

Does the size of the church have any impact on the central functions of the office of Pastor?

Pastoral Mentors –

Who and how they influence Dr. Wiles still to this day.

Biblical Imagery –

Overseer

Shepherd

Preacher/Teacher

Personal Commitments –

Authentic – earthy spirituality

Biblical – attend to the Scripture

Theologically thoughtful

Approachable

Prayerful

Spiritual

Pastoral

Vocal

Leader

Pastoral Goals –

Biblical Literacy

Doctrinal Competency

Spiritual Maturity

Missional Community

Pastoral Sufficiency

Core Theology

Dr. Wiles digs deeper into the Core Theological truths that we’ve embraced at FBCA. He will walk through each of these and the scripture behind each one. Below are some of the points he discusses. Use this as a guide to follow along.